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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

